noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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US:/ˈdɔɡ.məˌtɪz.əm/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bigotry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intolerance
History
Etymology
From French dogmatisme, from Ecclesiastical Latin dogmatismus. Derived from Latin dogma (“philosophical tenet”), from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “to seem good, think”). Treated in the 17th and 18th century as Greek, with plural dogmata.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
عَقِيدِيَّة
(ʕaqīdiyya)
— arrogance in stating opinion
Arabic:
عَقَائِدِيَّة
(ʕaqāʔidiyya)
— arrogance in stating opinion
Arabic:
اِعْتِقَادِيَّة
(iʕtiqādiyya)
— arrogance in stating opinion
Arabic:
دُوغْمَاتِيّة
(dūḡmātiyya)
— arrogance in stating opinion
Armenian:
դոգմատիզմ
(dogmatizm)
— arrogance in stating opinion
Belarusian:
дагматы́зм
(dahmatýzm)
— arrogance in stating opinion
Bulgarian:
догмати́зъм
(dogmatízǎm)
— arrogance in stating opinion
Catalan:
dogmatisme
— arrogance in stating opinion
Czech:
dogmatismus
— arrogance in stating opinion
Danish:
dogmatisme
— arrogance in stating opinion
Dutch:
dogmatisme
— arrogance in stating opinion
Finnish:
dogmatismi
— arrogance in stating opinion
French:
dogmatisme
— arrogance in stating opinion
German:
Dogmatismus
— arrogance in stating opinion
Hungarian:
dogmatizmus
— arrogance in stating opinion
Italian:
dogmatismo
— arrogance in stating opinion
Japanese:
教条主義
(kyōjōshugi)
— arrogance in stating opinion
Korean:
교조주의
(gyojojuui)
— arrogance in stating opinion
Polish:
dogmatyzm
— arrogance in stating opinion
Portuguese:
dogmatismo
— arrogance in stating opinion
Romanian:
dogmatism
— arrogance in stating opinion
Russian:
догмати́зм
(dogmatízm)
— arrogance in stating opinion
Spanish:
dogmatismo
— arrogance in stating opinion
Swedish:
dogmatism
— arrogance in stating opinion
Turkish:
dogmatizm
— arrogance in stating opinion
Turkish:
dogmacılık
— arrogance in stating opinion
Ukrainian:
догмати́зм
(dohmatýzm)
— arrogance in stating opinion
